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Kia ora Alex,
Thank you for your email. The booster dose and primary doses are the same
dose and ingredients.
Dosing information can be found in the datasheet here: 
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From: Alex Bush <[FYI request #18351 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 27 January 2022 17:06
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Pfizer-BioNTech Primary Shots and
Booster Shot Dosage and Other Differences
 
Dear Ministry of Health,

I am writing to request some information around the difference between the
Primary Shots and Booster Shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines.

I would like to know:
1. What the advised dosages (i.e. mixed dilutent volume and administered
volume) are of the vaccine for each type of shot (primary dose and
booster)?
2. Are there any other differences between the primary shots and the
booster shots?

In essence, I am looking for something akin to the dosage information
found in the following document from the US goverment's CDC but relevant
to New Zealand:
[5]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...

Yours faithfully,

Alex Bush

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